Shooting in Switzerland at a rave party, the victim is a 22-year-old Italian woman

Shooting in Switzerland at a rave party, the victim is a 22-year-old Italian woman
Police officers secure the area around the Schachen horse racing track following a shooting at a rave, in Aarau, Switzerland, Sunday Aug. 30, 2026. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP) APN

It is an Italian woman, according to informed sources, the 22-year-old girl who died in the shooting during a rave party in Switzerland. The Crisis Unit of the Farnesina is following the case with the embassy in Bern and the general consulate in Basel. The woman died on the spot due to the injuries sustained, the city police spokesman told the media via the Swiss news agency Keystone-Ats. Four other young men and one woman are hospitalized. The five injured people are aged between 24 and 27 years. All the victims reside in Switzerland.

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Manhunt

Police operations are underway in Switzerland to identify the perpetrator or perpetrators of the shooting that occurred around 2:30 a.m. at the end of a rave party at the Schachen racetrack in Aarau. The Argovia cantonal police stated that they have “opened an investigation” and urged the public to “stay away from the area,” local media report. The motives and exact circumstances of the shooting are not yet known, and the police have asked anyone with video recordings or photos to send them to the Argovia cantonal police Instagram account.

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Rave organizers: “shocked”

The organizers of the Aarau rave in Switzerland, where a shooting caused the death of a young Italian woman and five injured, expressed their shock in a statement published on the website. The message expresses closeness to the victims and their families. “We are shocked, devastated and saddened,” reads the site.aarauer-rave.ch. “This cowardly attack against the participants of the Aarau rave has broken our hearts,” the organizers continued. “A rave should always be a place of joy and love. Never a place where people are killed, injured, and thrown into fear,” they state. “Our thoughts go to the victims, their families, and their friends.” The message—signed by “Livio, Alex, Maik, and Olivier”—expresses gratitude to the police and emergency services. As organizers, “we will do everything possible” to support the authorities in the investigations, it adds. The message ends with the image of a broken heart.

The shooting location

The shooting location, “Aarau Rave VOL. 7,” could accommodate up to about 3,500 people, according to its website. The number of people present at the time of the shooting is currently unknown. On social media, testimonies from those present are multiplying, especially those of the artists performing in Aarau that evening. Many express their shock, writes RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse Romande) on its website. Several speak of the loss of a “friend,” suggesting that the victim may belong to the circle of organizers or artists.

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